Senate Intel committee - Trump lied about emails, Russia worked closely with Manafort

[Concart]

A damning final report from the Senate Intelligence committee paints a picture of a campaign eager to get information from Russia, particularly through Trump adviser and campaign chair Paul Manafort. It also paints a picture of a candidate who was well aware of the information being released by Wikileaks, a fact he lied about in his answers to the Special Counsel. The best case of these findings is that Trump and his campaign were morons who got duped, the worst case is that Trump was willingly and knowingly cooperating with a foreign power to influence an American election. And Trump discussed wikileaks email leaks and their timing with Manafort. So he lied. What a shock.

Let the spin begin.

According to CNN, here are a few of the key findings.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/polit...rts/index.html


Some of the key findings:

* That Trump and senior campaign officials sought to obtain advance information on WikiLeaks' email dumps through Roger Stone, and that Trump spoke to Stone about WikiLeaks, despite telling the special counsel in written answers he had "no recollections" that they had spoken about it.

* That information offered at the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting "was part of a broader influence operation" from the Russian government, though there's no evidence Trump campaign members knew of it. Two of the Russians who met with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Manafort had "significant connections" to the Russian government, including Russian intelligence, and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya's ties were "far more extensive and concerning than what had been publicly known."

* That Russian-government actors continued until at least January 2020 to spread disinformation about Russia's election interference, and that Manafort and Kilimnik both sought to promote the narrative that Ukraine, and not Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

* That Russia took advantage of the Trump transition team's inexperience and opposition to Obama administration policies "to pursue unofficial channels," and it's likely that Russian intelligence services and others acting on the Kremlin's behalf exploited the Transition's shortcomings for Russia's advantage.

[Grokmaster]

That information offered at the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting "was part of a broader influence operation" from the Russian government, though there's no evidence Trump campaign members knew of it


SILLIASS IDIOT.



DID THEY FIND THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HIRED A FOREIGN SPY TO ACCESS HIS KREMLIN-LINKED BUDDIES, TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTION???


DIDN'T THINK SO......

[Concart]

Trump committed perjury. He lied about his knowledge of the wikileaks releases. So says a Republican led Senate Committee. Ouch. Go ahead and keep defending the traitor.

[canceled.2021.3]

wow the democrats must be getting desperate if they are resurrecting this bullshit

[LV426]

DID THEY FIND THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HIRED A FOREIGN SPY TO ACCESS HIS KREMLIN-LINKED BUDDIES, TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTION???...[/B]

Ummm...yes, they actually did. That person was Paul Manafort.

[LV426]

wow the democrats must be getting desperate if they are resurrecting this bullshit

This is the fifth volume of the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Special Committee that says, in 1000 pages, what I can say in one sentence:

Trump sought out and welcomed Russian assistance to steal the election.

[jacksonsprat22]

This is the fifth volume of the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Special Committee.

Wow, we have to explain that the Senate is GOP controlled!

[Darth Omar]

wow the democrats must be getting desperate if they are resurrecting this bullshit

One does wonder about the timing of it lol.

[Grokmaster]

Ummm...yes, they actually did. That person was Paul Manafort.

UH-NO, IT WASN'T.

PLEASE SHOW WHERE MANAFORT PROVIDED RUSSIAN LIES ABOUT HILLARY TO THE FISA COURT TO ILLEGALLY SPY ON HER....



HILARIOUS WATCHING THE DESPERATE LEFT TRYING TO "RESURRECT" THE RUSSIA LIE SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY....

[LV426]

One does wonder about the timing of it lol.

You realize, of course, that this is from the GOP-led Senate Intelligence Committee, right?

[LV426]

[B]UH-NO, IT WASN'T.

PLEASE SHOW WHERE MANAFORT PROVIDED RUSSIAN LIES ABOUT HILLARY TO THE FISA COURT TO ILLEGALLY SPY ON HER....

Manafort was the one who handed confidential GOP polling data to Kilmnik for him to give to Oleg Deripaska, at Trump's urging and direction.

[Concart]

One does wonder about the timing of it lol.

Democrats? This is the Republican led Senate Intelligence Committee. Democrats do not control the timing or the content of the report. It is entirely bi-partisan.

[Bourbon]

REPUBLICAN LEAD COMMITTEE ...

So NOW what ... The Republicans are providing Fake News?

[LV426]

REPUBLICAN LEAD COMMITTEE ...

So NOW what ... The Republicans are providing Fake News?

I think after this, there needs to be a reckoning of all the Conservatives who have been carrying Trump's baggage for him the last 3 years.

Doxxing would be a good start. Rip away their anonymity.

[Concart]

I guess the Trumptard response is 'but but but Steele Dossier'. That narrative of course fails given that the Dossier was not used by the Clinton campaign, and in fact was not released widely until after the election. Oops.

So back on topic. What should the Senate do to a President that lied under oath about his knowledge of stolen emails and their release? I guess nothing, right?